193

Events in 193 1

• 193 Year of Five Emperors In 193 AD — the Year of the Five Emperors — Pertinax, Didius Julianus (who buys the throne at a Praetorian auction), Pescennius Niger, Clodius Albinus and Septimius Severus all claim the throne. Pertinax is murdered after 86 days; Julianus is executed after 66 days; Niger and Albinus are defeated by Severus in civil wars. Severus, a North African from what is now Libya, establishes the Severan dynasty and pointedly honours the memory of Commodus — signalling to the Senate that he despises their opinion.